October Movie Month

Just because I walked out of the cinema twice in a row does not mean I have a sour taste in my mouth for good. I am taking a break and waiting until October before the movie going commences. Although I did not enjoy the films I saw (and subsequently walked out of them) I did love trailers. I love trailers. So watch out for these on the big screen:

Where the Wild Things Are: Yes, one of the movies that hipster douchebags will either love to love or love to hate or love to be indifferent about. Hipster douchebags will love it because of its indie-film qualities, the Arcade Fire playing in the trailer, and because it was a children's book. Hipster douchebags will hate it because they, along with many other sorts of people, will say that it ruined the book and are already planning their "It Ruined the Book" posts on their Tumblrs. (By the way the story was only ten sentences long, give Spike Jonze a break, douchebags) Or, hipster douchebags will be indifferent because they are about everything. I think I'm going to love it.

Whip It: I can't wait to see this one. It has the ultimate indie-film babe (that girl from Juno, or Shadowcat if you prefer) to make the ultimate indie film about roller derby. This film is directed by Drew Barrymore, who I am surprised to see still has some semblance of a career. The film has an almost all-star line up that includes Kristen Wiig (famous for her Björk impressions on SNL), Juliette Lewis, that stunt double who played herself in Deathproof, and Eve. Ya, Eve. So go watch it and I'll be sure to write about it in the blog,

Zombieland: This one stars that curly-haired indie protagonist from Adventureland, Abigail Breslin, and some other people I don't know. I love zombie stories. I can't get enough of them. I've seen all the zombie films ever made, and I am thrilled for this one. I love the idea of a rag tag group of people fighting the masses of undead and trying to survive, I hope Little Miss Sunshine gets a gun. But yeah, I expect this to be funny, Sean of the Dead style, and I expect it to be super indie, because that guy from Adventureland is in it. By the way isn't it funny that he went straight from Adventureland to Zombieland? What's next, Frontierland? This one comes out at about the same time as Whip It, try to catch both as soon as you can.

I guess I am an indie movie snob and will only go see ones that have that quality to them, and almost hardly see the big studio mainstream films. I avoid AMC and go straight to a Landmark nearby, and I think that's pretty rad. Support your local indie cinema, and if it's a Landmark, you get a student discount ALL THE TIME (if you're a student) not like that "You're only a student on Thursday" bullshit AMC offers.

See you guys at the cinema!